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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
<span class=large>ST MATTHEW</span>
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CHAPTER 21
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Jesus rides in triumph into Jerusalem—He cleanses the temple, curses the fig tree, and discusses authority—He gives the parables of the two sons, and the wicked husbandmen.
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And</span> when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
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Saying unto them, Go into the village <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/2a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR in front of you.">over</a> against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose <i>them,</i> and bring <i>them</i> unto me.
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And if any <i>man</i> say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
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All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
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Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 62: 11; Zech. 9: 9 (9-11).">King</a> cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
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And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/7a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 21: 5  . . .  and brought the colt, and put on it their clothes; and Jesus took the colt and sat thereon;  and they followed him.">And</a> brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set <i>him</i> thereon.
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And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed <i>them</i> in the way.
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And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 19: 40.">Hosanna</a> to the Son of David: <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 118: 25-26.">Blessed</a> <i>is</i> he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
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And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/11a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR crowds kept saying.">multitude</a> said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
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&#182; And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
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And said unto them, It is written, My <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/13a" mark="a" type="C" title="Ps. 27: 4; TG Temple.">house</a> shall be called the house of <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/13b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Prayer.">prayer</a>; but ye have made it a <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/21/13c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 7: 11.">den</a> of thieves.
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And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
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And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/15a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 21: 13  . . .  children of the kingdom crying  . . .">children</a> crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
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And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say?  And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
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&#182; And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
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Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
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And when he saw a fig tree <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/19a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR by the road.">in</a> the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/19b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Vineyard of the Lord.">fruit</a> grow on thee henceforward for ever.  And <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/21/19c" mark="c" type="Q" title="GR immediately; Mark 11: 20-24.">presently</a> the fig tree withered away.
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And when the disciples saw <i>it,</i> they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
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Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Faith.">faith</a>, and <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/21b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Doubt.">doubt</a> not, ye shall not only do this <i>which is done</i> to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/21/21c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG God, Power of.">mountain</a>, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
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And all <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Blessings.">things</a>, whatsoever ye shall <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="3 Ne. 18: 20; Morm. 9: 21.">ask</a> in <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/21/22c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Prayer.">prayer</a>, believing, ye shall receive.
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&#182; And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Authority.">authority</a> doest thou these things?  and who gave thee this authority?
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And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Authority of.">authority</a> I do these things.
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The baptism of John, whence was it?  from heaven, or of men?  And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
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But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 11: 9; Matt. 14: 5; Luke 20: 6.">prophet</a>.
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And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell.  And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
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&#182; But what think ye?  A <i>certain</i> man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jacob 5: 71 (70-71).">work</a> to day in my vineyard.
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He answered and said, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/29a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR I don’t desire to go.">I</a> will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
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And he came to the second, and said likewise.  And he answered and said, I <i>go,</i> sir: and <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/30a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hypocrisy.">went</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/30b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 41: 5.">not</a>.
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Whether of them twain did the will of <i>his</i> father?  They say unto him, The first.  Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
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For John came unto you in the way of <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/32a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Righteousness.">righteousness</a>, and ye <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/32b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Unbelief, Unbelievers.">believed</a> him not: but the <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/21/32c" mark="c" type="A" title="Luke 3: 12; Luke 7: 29 (28-30).">publicans</a> and the harlots believed him: <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/21/32d" mark="d" type="H" title="JST Matt. 21: 32-34  . . .  and ye, afterward, when ye had seen me, repented not, that ye might believe him. For he that believed not John concerning me, cannot believe me, except he first repent. And except ye repent, the preaching of John shall condemn you in the day of judgment.">and</a> ye, when ye had seen <i>it,</i> repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
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&#182; <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/33a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 21: 34 And, again, hear another parable; for unto you that believe not, I speak in parables; that your unrighteousness may be rewarded unto you.">Hear</a> another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/33b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Stewardship; TG Watchmen.">husbandmen</a>, and went into a far country:
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And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
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And the husbandmen took his <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/35a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 23: 30 (29-38).">servants</a>, and <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/35b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Rejection of.">beat</a> one, and killed another, and stoned another.
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Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
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But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
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But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/38a" mark="a" type="A" title="John 11: 53 (47-53); Heb. 1: 2.">heir</a>; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
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And they caught him, and cast <i>him</i> out of the vineyard, and slew <i>him.</i>
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When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
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They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out <i>his</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/41a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Vineyard of the Lord.">vineyard</a> unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
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Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/42a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Cornerstone; TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about; TG Rock.">stone</a> which the builders <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/42b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 9: 22; 1 Pet. 2: 7.">rejected</a>, the same is become the head of the <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/21/42c" mark="c" type="A" title="Zech. 10: 4.">corner</a>: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
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Therefore say I unto you, The <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/43a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 5: 5 (1-7); Luke 14: 24 (21-24); Acts 13: 46; 1 Ne. 13: 26; D&C 90: 3 (1-5).">kingdom</a> of God shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/21/43b" mark="b" type="A" title="Dan. 2: 44.">taken</a> from you, and <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/21/43c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 48: 11.">given</a> to a <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/21/43d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Nations.">nation</a> bringing forth the fruits thereof.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/44a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 8: 14 (13-15); Luke 2: 34; Rom. 9: 32 (28-33); 1 Pet. 2: 8 (6-8).">And</a> whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/21/45a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 21: 47-56 (Appendix).">And</a> when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
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But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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